Receptacle



Nov. ll, 1930. A. voN FRANKENBERG RECEPTACLE Filed Jan.

Patented Nov. 1l, 1930- i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RECEPTACLE Application filed January 3, 1929. Serial No. 330,044.

This invention relates to receptacles. More particularly it is directed to a Water tight container for cigarettes and the like.

Among the objects of this invention is to provide a neat, Acompact and rugged receptacle of the character described Which shall comprise fe-vvand simple parts, Which shall be relativelyv inexpensive to manufacture, easy to open land close and yet be positively Water-proof, and practical and etlicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention Will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out. l

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements,'and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified int-he construction hereiny after described, and of Which the scope of application will beindicated in the following claims. i

Certain features herein shown and described are shown, described and'ciaimed in my copending applicationSerial No. 330,042 tiled in the United States Patent Oilice on the 3rd day of January, 1929, and accordingly are not :claimed herein.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention:

Fig. 1 is an elevational, cross-sectional view of a receptacle embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2,-2 of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-'3 of Figl;

Fig. i is a perspective view of a detail;

Fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of a modified construction taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional View taken on line 676 of Fig. 5.

Referring in detail tothe drawing 16 designates a Water tight receptacle embodying the invention, `in the form of'a cigarette case adaptedto be used by persons While bathing and for like purposes. Saidreeeptacle comprises,l generally, aninner'box or container 11 for cigarettes andthe like, an outer jacket orrcover-member112, a sealingmember 13 for said container, and mechanism 14 for retaining said sealing member in position for ren dering said container water tight.

The inner box 11 comprises a bottom Wall 15, front and rear Walls 16 and side Walls .7, and is preferably of suchsize as to snugly' receive the usual package of cigarettes 18, thru the upper open end portion 19 thereof. Said open end portion 19` presents an edge 2O adapted to Contact with the sealing member 13 for 'Water prooiing thecontainer. T he length of the inner boi; 11 is preferably somewhat greater than that of the usual cigarettev package. Received in said'bor: isa U-shaped member 21 which serves as a holder for said package. Said member 21 comprises an intermediate portion onwhich said package 18 is seated, and upwardly extending side arms 23 adapted to engage the sides of said package. interposed between said member 21 and the bottom Wall 15 of box 11 is a curved plate spring 24 normally `maintaining the upper edges 25 of said varms 23 presser againstthe under side of the sealing member 13 for a purpose hereinafter appearing.

The outer liacket or cover 12 open at the bottom end thereof for receiving the box 11,

and comprises a top Wall 28, side W lls and front and rear Walls 30. At the *bottom open end portion thereof, said front, rear and side Walls' are provided With an inturned portion 31 forming a guide Wall 31EL adapted to loosely fit about the sides of the boi; 11. The side Walls 29 of said'jacket are preferably paced from the side Walls 17 of bei: 11 to provide chambers 32 on opposite sides of said box. The top Wall 28 of the cover'.I as seenV in Fig. 1, may be rounded and spaced from the top edge 2G of box 11 to provide a chamber 33, Honsed Within said chambers is the mechanism 1&1 which cooperates with the sealing member 13 for rendering the container 11 Water tight;

Said mechanism 14 comprises a pair of symmetrical strips 34, 35 preferably `made-of resilient metal, and secured vat the lower ends 34a', 35a thereof,'respect ively as by soldering or'by rivets 27 to the inner surfaces of Vside Walls 29. Said strips 34, 35 are formed with intermediate inwardly vbent portion 34", 35?? respectively, and are bent inwardly at the upper ends thereof, to form extensions 34, 35c projecting into chamber 33. Said strips are further formed with inwardly stamped hook portion 36, 37 adapted to engage complementary hook portion 36a, 37a stamped outwardly from the side Walls 17 of box 11. It will be noW apparentthat When box 11 is inserted into the acket 12 thru the open end of the latter, and said box is pushed thereinto to a distance suflicientfor t-hel hook portion 36, 37 to interengage hook portion 36a, 37 a respectively, the edge 2() of said box will then be retained against the under surface of scaling member 13, the spring strips 34, 35 normally pressinginivardly to keep said hookportions interlocked.

The sealing member 13 is preferably Imade of soft resilient material such as rubber.

Mechanism 14 is provided Witlrmeans for tightly pressing said member 13 down against said edge20 to render said box 11 positively Water-tight. To this end a plate 40 prefer# ably of metal is superimposed on the resilient member 13, and is provided with aligned notches or slots 42 at the opposite ends thereofadapted to receive and permit reciprocation of the free ends 34, 35c of strips 34, 35. Mounted for rotation in suitable aligned bearings formed in' Walls 30 ofthe jacket 12, is a shaft 43 extending between the free ends 341,35d of'portions 34C, 350, respectively. One of said Walls 30 is depressed as at 44 for receiving an actuating handle 45 secured to a projecting portion 46 of said shaft, for rotating the latter. Splined to said shaft 43, as by a pin and slot connection 47, is a cam member 48 adapted to press down on plate 40 when thehandle 45 is in closing position, as `shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Loosely mounted fon said shaft 43 is a one-Way ratchet member 49 having a plurality' of cammed 'teeth 50.

adapted tolcoact With said free end portions 341,35, in a manner hereinafter appearing.

' clined teeth 51 adapted to engagev and conctV Said ratchet 49 is further provided With inwith the complementaryteeth 52 on the cam member 48, said teeth A51, 52 forming a one- Way clutch connection Vbetween said members 48 and 49. A small coil compression spring 53 received on said shaft 43, presses against .member 49 normally forcingk the saine against member 48.

The operation of the device will nowv be clear. Figs. 1, 2, and 3 shovsT the receptacle .in closed condition. In the position shown, the hook portions 36, 37 and 36a, 37` are interengaged, the sealing member 13 isv pressed down by cam 48 and the free end portions'34d, 35d press against the inner portions 54 of the camsurfaces 55 formed on said teeth.

50,., In this positionthe container 11v is posi merely necessary to 'lift the handle 45. :Dur-V -lease the container 11.

Should the handle 45 be given a full quarter of a turn during the releasing operation, the teeth 50 Whi ch press against the ends 34, 35 of the strips, Will ride past said strips, allowing said ends to snapinwardly against the low portions 54 of the next adjacent teeth. In such case, return,A or counter-clockwise movement of the handle 45 to closing position will not rotate the ratchet member 49 in counterelockk directionsincesuch rotation is prevented by reason of the engage-ment between said end portion 34d, 35d andthe radial edges 58 of said teeth 50. During such counterclockwise movement of the handle, the member 4f) will be forced toward the rear Wall30, looking at Fig. 3, againstthe pressure of spring 53, by the inclined teeth 52 of member 48 Which contact with the teeth 51 of said member 49. When the handle 45 has been pushed back to its original closing position,

the teeth 52 will have moved past the teeth 51*k Which they engage and permit the ratchet box 11, due to its Weight and also to the action.

of the plate springs 24, Will move out thru the bottom opening of the jacket. It Will be noted that When said boxis about half Way out of the jacket, the hooks 36a, 37a will strike the inwardly bent portions 34", 35 respectively of the strips 34, 35, and then prevent the box from falling out of the jacket 12, should the person using the .receptacle hold the jacket with one hand and` operate the handle 45 with the other hand. VVhon the box has thus been stopped half way out of the jacket, it may easily be grasped and pulled out by the hand which having oper atedthe handle is now free.

To closethe receptacle after use, it is merely necessary to reinsert said box 11 Within the jacket 12 and push the box inwardly until the hooks 36, 37 and 36a, 37a interlock. The handle 45 may then be turned back to the position illustrated `in Fig.'3. thusv causing the cam 48 tovpress down on plate 40 and sealing 1nember13 to render thecontainer 1l Wate tight. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a modified construction of the mechanism fork spreading the spring strips to disengage the interlocking hooks. In accordance with this modification lli;

the spring strips and 71 are formed With notches 70a and 71a. Secured to each strip as by soldering is a rod 73 extending thru the notch in the opposite strip. Sai-d rods entend thru openings 74 in the opposite Walls 75 of the jacket 12, A pair of coil compression springs 76 are. interposed between the top Wall 28qv of said jacket and plate 40 which overlies the sealing member 13a. Inward pressure on the free ends 78 of said rods Will spread the strips 70 a-nd7l to disengage the hooks 80 and release the boX 11a. The springs 7 6 press down on the sealing member 13a to effect the Waterproofing of said boX.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is Well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter" herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus decsribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. In a `Water tight receptacle, in combination, a container having an open end, a cover for said container, a vsealing member and means for clamping said member to said container at said open end, said means comprising meansvfor fixing' said cover to said container, a shaft rotatably mounted on said cover and means to actuate said shaft extending on the outer side of said cover.

2. In a Water tight receptacle, in combination, a container havingan open end, a cover for said container, a sealing member and means for clamping said member to said container a said open end, said means compris ing means for fixing said cover to said container, a shaft rotatably mounted on said cover' and means to actuate said shaft extending on the outer side of said cover, said cover being recessed to receive said actuating means.

8. In a Water tifflit'v receptacle, in combination, a container having an Open end, a cover for said container, asealing member and means for clamping said member to said container at said open end, said means comprising means for fixing said cover to said container, a shaft rotatably mounted on said cover, and a cam iXed for rotation with said shaft adapted to contact with said member.

t. In a Water tight receptacle, in combination, a container having an open end a cover for said container, a sealing member and means for clamping said member to said container at said onen end, said means comprising means for fixing said cover to said container, a shaftY rotatably mounted on said cover, a cam fixed for rotation with said shaft, and a second cam member loosely mounted on said shaft.

5. In a Water tight receptacle, in combination, a container having an open end, a cover for said container, a sealing member and means for clamping said member to said container at said open end, said means comprising means for fixing said cover to said container, a shaft rotatably mounted on said cover, a cam fixed for rotation With said shaft, a second cam member loosely mounted on said shaft, and clutch means interconnecting said cam members.

6. In a Water tight receptacle, in combination, a container having an open end, a cover for said container, a sealing member and means for clamping said member to said container at said open end, said means comprising means for fixing said cover to said container, a shaft rotatably mounted on said cover, a cam iiXed for rotation with said shaft, a second cam member loosely mounted on said shaft, clutch means interconnecting said cam members, and tension means normally maintaining said cam members interengaged.

7. In a Water tight receptacle, in combinaF tion, with a container having an open end, a jacket adapted to fit over said container, means connected to said jacket adapted to interengage a portion of said container, means for sealing said container, and means for simultaneously disengaging said engaging means, and unsealing said container, said means comprising a pair of cam members connected by clutch means.

8. In. a Water tight receptacle, in combination With a container having an open end, a jacket adapted to fit over said container, means connected to said jacket adapted to interengage a portion of said container, i cans for sealing said container, and means for simultaneously disengaging said engaging means and unsealing said container, said means comprising a pair of cam members connected by clutch means, a single means for actuating said members from the outside of said cover, and resilient means normally pressing said cam members together.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

ARTHUR. von FRANKENBERG. 

